[GreenKeys] Flexowriter 01 edge cards

[John Nagle]

On 3/15/2013 5:15 PM, greenkeys-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:32:08 +0100
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> actually it are not the regular cards, its just that it has 
> approximately the same size and just punches the papertape path onto one 
> side. 

Those are called "edge cards".  The idea was that you could have a
manual card file of address cards, and use them to address letters.

If you want a Flexowriter manual, see

http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/s_flex.html
(has a maintenance manual)

and

http://archive.org/stream/bitsavers_fridenFlexManual1959_21721198/Flexowriter_SFD_Technical_Manual_1959#page/n11/mode/2up
(a user manual)

There are both six-bit and eight-bit variants.  8-bit is a pre-ASCII
code; the codes sort of match, but there are shift codes like Baudot.
Six-bit is unique to Flexowriters.


				John Nagle